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The Classic fairytale of Cinderella: a young girl, mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters, who finds out that dreams really can come true.
The Classic Fairytale Story of Snow White with a Modern Twist: Who is the “fair”est of them all? Snow White of course!
A Bedtime Story of Honesty, Courage and Truth. If Pinocchio is to become a Real boy he needs to learn how to be honest, brave and true.
A Grimm’s Brother Tale: A miller tells a tale that his daughter can turn straw into gold. A strange little man is willing to help…for a price. Guess his name and he will be gone…but what is his name?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids. Goldilocks finds the three bears cottage in the woods. Should she make herself comfortable?
Hansel and Gretel Bedtime Stories for Kids. When Hansel and Gretel go in search of food, they find a gingerbread house. But who is inside?
A Story of Friendship, Love and Courage. Rapunzel’s Story ~ A Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale. An evil witch has trapped Rapunzel in a tower. Can her long hair or love save her?
A Story of Courage, Justice and Self-Awareness. Merlin the Magician places a magic sword in a stone…whomever can pull it out is the rightful king.
A Bedtime Story of Acceptance and Self-Awareness. A Mama Duck is proud when her six ducklings hatch from their eggs. But one duckling does not look like the others? Is he truly an Ugly Duckling?
The classic Brother’s Grimm fairytale that sparked the Disney adaptation.
A Story of Courage, Learning and Love. The Classic fairy tale: The Little Mermaid falls in love with a prince on shore and she makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human. But without her voice, how can the prince fall in love with her?
This Classic Folktale is adapted from the original story of “Aladdin” from The Arabian Nights. Aladdin, the Genie and the Magic Lamp work to impress the princess who wishes to be a commoner.
A Story of Courage, Kindness to Animals and Learning. The Classic Tale of a male deer, Bambi, his mother and his adventures learning in the woods.
A Story of Charity, Compassion and Justice, from England. Robin Hood takes part in an archery contest thrown by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Will he realize its a trap before it is too late? One of the many Tales of Robin Hood.
This is the Legend Tale of Maui the Demi-God from Moana. It is part of our Classic Bedtime Stories for Kids Collection. It has been adapted from the Tales of Maui as well as Disney’s version of Moana.
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. A toy rabbit learns that through a child’s love it can become real.
The Classic Tale of the Snow Queen: Gerda and Kai struggle to fight the Snow Queen and find the balance between Good and Evil.
The Classic Fairy Tale of Sleeping Beauty. Princess Aurora has been cursed by Maleficent. When she pricks herself on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday, she is put into a deep sleep for 100 years.
Who can save her?
Bedtime Story for Kids: The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Story. Della and Jim wish to give each other the perfect Christmas present, but how will they come up with the money?
A Bedtime Story of Friendship, Courage and Acceptance. . The story tells of the time Pocahontas saved the life of settler John Smith from her father, Powhatan.
A Cinderella Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
The Classic fairytale of Cinderella: a young girl, mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters, who finds out that dreams really can come true.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
The Classic Fairytale Story of Snow White with a Modern Twist: Who is the “fair”est of them all? Snow White of course!
Pinocchio Story ~ Fairy Tale Bedtime Stories in English for Kids
A Bedtime Story of Honesty, Courage and Truth. If Pinocchio is to become a Real boy he needs to learn how to be honest, brave and true.
Beauty and the Beast Classic Tale ~ Fairy Tale Stories for Kids
The classic fairy tale of a beautiful woman and the monstrous beast.
Rumpelstiltskin ~ A Fairy Tale Bedtime Story for Kids
A Grimm’s Brother Tale: A miller tells a tale that his daughter can turn straw into gold. A strange little man is willing to help…for a price. Guess his name and he will be gone…but what is his name?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids. Goldilocks finds the three bears cottage in the woods. Should she make herself comfortable?
Hansel and Gretel ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
Hansel and Gretel Bedtime Stories for Kids. When Hansel and Gretel go in search of food, they find a gingerbread house. But who is inside?
Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm ~ Bedtime Stories
A Story of Friendship, Love and Courage. Rapunzel’s Story ~ A Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale.
An evil witch has trapped Rapunzel in a tower. Can her long hair or love save her?
The Sword in the Stone: a King Arthur Legend of the Sword Story
A Story of Courage, Justice and Self-Awareness. Merlin the Magician places a magic sword in a stone…whomever can pull it out is the rightful king.
The Ugly Duckling Story ~ Fairy Tale Story for Kids in English
A Bedtime Story of Acceptance and Self-Awareness. A Mama Duck is proud when her six ducklings hatch from their eggs. But one duckling does not look like the others? Is he truly an Ugly Duckling?
The Frog Prince: The Story of the Princess and the Frog ~ Bedtime Stories
The classic Brother’s Grimm fairytale that sparked the Disney adaptation.
The Little Mermaid Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids in English
A Story of Courage, Learning and Love. The Classic fairy tale: The Little Mermaid falls in love with a prince on shore and she makes a deal with the Sea Witch to become human.
But without her voice, how can the prince fall in love with her?
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from The Arabian Nights ~ Bedtime Stories
This Classic Folktale is adapted from the original story of “Aladdin” from The Arabian Nights. Aladdin, the Genie and the Magic Lamp work to impress the princess who wishes to be a commoner.
Bambi Story: A Life in the Woods ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids in English
A Story of Courage, Kindness to Animals and Learning. The Classic Tale of a male deer, Bambi, his mother and his adventures learning in the woods.
Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow Story ~ Legend Stories for Kids
A Story of Charity, Compassion and Justice, from England. Robin Hood takes part in an archery contest thrown by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Will he realize its a trap before it is too late? One of the many Tales of Robin Hood.
Maui from Moana: Tales of the Demi-God ~ Legend Stories for Kids
This is the Legend Tale of Maui the Demi-God from Moana.
It is part of our Classic Bedtime Stories for Kids Collection. It has been adapted from the Tales of Maui as well as Disney’s version of Moana.
The Velveteen Rabbit Story ~ Bedtime English Story for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. A toy rabbit learns that through a child’s love it can become real.
The Snow Queen Fairy Tale Story ~Bedtime Story for Kids
The Classic Tale of the Snow Queen: Gerda and Kai struggle to fight the Snow Queen and find the balance between Good and Evil.
Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale Story ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
The Classic Fairy Tale of Sleeping Beauty. Princess Aurora has been cursed by Maleficent. When she pricks herself on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday, she is put into a deep sleep for 100 years. Who can save her?
The Gift of the Magi Story ~ A Holiday Story for Kids
Bedtime Story for Kids: The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Story. Della and Jim wish to give each other the perfect Christmas present, but how will they come up with the money?
Pocahontas and John Smith Story ~ Folktales Stories for Kids
A Bedtime Story of Friendship, Courage and Acceptance.
. The story tells of the time Pocahontas saved the life of settler John Smith from her father, Powhatan.
The Emperor’s New Clothes Story ~ Bedtime Stories
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. The Emperor is fooled into believing he is wearing magic clothes which can’t be “seen”.
Mulan Story ~ Tale of Hua Mulan Bedtime Stories | English Story for Kids
A Bedtime Story in Simple English for Kids. Based on the “Ballad of Mulan” and Disney’s Mulan, this is a legend tale about a girl who goes in disguise as a boy and joins the army in her brother’s place.
Short Stories for Kids ~ Folk tales, Fairy Tales, Riddles, Legends, Poems
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears ~ Bedtime Stories for Kids
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This is the fairy tale story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with a modern twist.
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Once upon a time a girl named Goldilocks lived in a house at the edge of the woods. In those days curls of hair were called "locks." She was "Goldilocks" because golden hair ran down her head and shoulders.
One morning Goldilocks was out for a walk when she came across a beautiful bird. She followed that bird right into the woods, where her mother had said many times she must never go. But Goldilocks didn’t think of that.
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Deeper and deeper into the woods she went. But where was the bird? It was nowhere to be seen. Goldilocks looked around. That's when she knew she was lost.
But a house was not far away. “I wonder who lives there,” she thought, "so deep into the woods." She went up and knocked on the door.
No answer. She knocked again. Still no answer. Goldilocks knocked a third time and the door opened. But no one was behind the door.
“Well, the door is already open,” said the girl. “So I may as well go in.”
Goldilocks smelled a wonderful smell, and soon knew why. On the table were three steaming bowls of oatmeal. All of a sudden she realized how very hungry she was.
What Goldilocks did not know, however, is that three bears lived in this house. In fact, that very morning the three bears had sat down to their bowls of oatmeal but the cereal was too hot. So they had decided to take a short walk. They said to each other, "By the time we return home our oatmeal will be perfect."
Gazing at the steaming bowls of oatmeal, Goldilocks thought, “I'm sure whoever lives here won’t mind if I take just one sip.” She sat at the first chair and took a sip. “Ah!” she said, “it is too hot.”
She moved to the next bowl and took a sip. “Ah!” she said, “it is too cold.
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She moved to the third bowl and took a sip. “It is just right!” And before she knew it, the oatmeal was all gone.
Goldilocks rubbed her tummy. “I'm full! I must find somewhere to sit that's more comfortable.”
She went to the living room. Three chairs were lined up in a row – one big chair, one medium-sized chair, and a wee little chair.
“I'm sure whoever lives here will not mind if I sit on just one chair,” said Goldilocks. She sat on the big chair, but it was too hard.
“The next chair looks good,” said Goldilocks. She moved to the medium-sized chair, but it was too soft.
“The wee little chair looks better,” said the girl. She sat on the little chair and it was just right! But when Goldilocks leaned back a bit, the chair broke into a dozen pieces. She plopped right on the floor.
“Oh, no!” Goldilocks wailed. Then she yawned.
There must be somewhere she could lie down for a short nap.
The girl saw a ladder and climbed it to an attic. In a row, three beds were lined up – one big bed, one medium-sized bed, and a wee little bed.
“I'm sure whoever lives here won’t mind if I lay down for just a short nap,” she said. She laid down on the big bed but it was too hard. She laid down on the medium-sized bed but it was too soft. The girl laid down on the wee little bed, and it was just right! As her head hit the pillow, Goldilocks was fast asleep.
Just then, the three bears came home from their walk. "Oh, my!" said Mama Bear. “Did either of you leave the front door open?”
“Not I,” said Papa Bear.
"Not I," said Little Bear.
Slowly the three bears stepped inside and looked around.
“Most odd!” said Papa Bear, seeing his spoon in his bowl. “Someone has been eating my oatmeal!”
“Most odd indeed!” said Mama Bear, also seeing her spoon in her bowl.
“Someone has been eating my oatmeal!”
“This is the most odd of all!” said Little Bear. “Someone has been eating my oatmeal and they ate it all up!”
The three bears were very surprised, as you can imagine. With care, they stepped into their living room.
“Do you think someone was sitting in my chair?” said Papa Bear.
“I know someone was sitting in my chair,” said Mama Bear, “because I can see the seat cushion is pushed down.”
“And I know someone was sitting in my chair!” said Little Bear. “Because it’s all broken!”
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The three bears were even more surprised at that! They climbed the ladder to their attic.
“Someone has been sleeping on my bed,” said Papa Bear, who could see that his blankets were moved.
“Someone has been sleeping on my bed, too,” said Mama Bear, who could also see that her blankets were moved.
“Someone has been sleeping on my bed,” said Little Bear.
“And look - she is still there!”
Goldilocks bolted awake. Three bears were looming over her, and they did not look happy.
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“Oh my!” said Goldilocks, jumping out of bed. As quick as she could, she climbed down the ladder and ran out the front door.
Little Bear chased after her. "Wait, please!"
Goldilocks stopped and turned around.
"Tell me," said Little Bear, “Why did you come inside our house?”
“I guess I didn’t think–,“ said Goldilocks.
“And why did you eat my oatmeal?” said Little Bear.
“Well I guess I didn’t think–,“ said Goldilocks.
“And why did you break my chair and sleep in my bed?” said Little Bear.
“Well I guess I didn’t think about that, either,” said Goldilocks.
They were silent.
Goldilocks said, “I suppose I could have waited outside your door.”
“We were coming right home,” said Mama Bear.
"We might have invited you in if we knew you were hungry."
“I’m sorry about the chair,” said Goldilocks. “I guess you saw it broke.”
"Yep," said Mama Bear with a frown.
“I’m good at fixing things,” said Goldilocks, “If you have glue.”
“Of course we have glue!” said Papa Bear. “What kind of bears do you think we are?”
“I will make it up to you!” said Goldilocks.
“Come on in then, dear,” said Mama Bear.
“We'll start over,” said Papa Bear with a nod.
“Come in, come in!” said Little Bear, jumping up and down.
With smiles, they skipped together inside the Bear’s house.
Fairy tales for children 4-5-6 years old
This section contains fairy tales for children 4-5-6 years old. All fairy tales correspond to the age interests of preschoolers, develop the ability to fantasize and imagine, broaden their horizons, teach them to make friends and dream.
Love for literature begins with a fairy tale familiar from childhood.
At the same time, it is very important to help the baby choose the right work, which, perhaps, will become one of his favorites. Read the best fairy tales for preschool children in the selection posted on the page of our website. nine0003
The play of a preschooler and the role of a fairy tale in it
In a child's life there is always a place for play and a fairy tale. At preschool age, these concepts are especially closely intertwined due to story games - the most important stage in the development of the child. We read fairy tales to children, and their stories are reflected in children's play.
Approximately at the age of four, the child is imbued with an interest in staging mini-performances, in which his toys act as actors. Later, he learns to try on various roles for himself and friends, turning alternately into a brave warrior or an unfortunate stepdaughter, then into a ferocious tiger or a cunning fox. nine0003
Fairy tales for children, offered to your attention on this service for free, will help to enrich this fairy-tale world and expand the boundaries of the child's creative possibilities.
What fairy tales to read to preschoolers
The choice of a fairy tale for children 4 years and older largely depends on the interests and preferences of the child himself. However, parents can gently guide these interests by offering the best best-selling works to the baby.
Russian folk tales introduce the child to the national traditions and the peculiarities of the life of the native people. Copyright - contribute to the development of imagination and creative thinking. nine0003
Tales of foreign authors offer to get acquainted with the inhabitants of distant lands, learn many interesting things about their customs and the nature of the places where they live.
Why illustrations are needed
The main feature of children's attention is its involuntary nature. It is difficult for a kid to keep attention on one object for a long time, even if it is a book with an interesting fairy tale. Using only hearing in this case is not enough.
In order for the child to remain focused, it is important to connect other types of perception - visual (pictures), and in some cases tactile (toy books, puzzle books, etc.). nine0003
When it comes to a fairy tale for children aged 5 online, it is even more difficult to perceive the text on the monitor of an electronic device.
That's why our site pays special attention to drawings for children's books, and in this section you will find exceptionally high-quality illustrations.
Getting ready to read on your own
Listening to fairy tales is an excellent preparation for independent reading. By instilling a love of books, you awaken in your child the desire to learn to read for himself. nine0003
When he is old enough to be able to read on his own, short fairy tales for 6-year-olds will come to your aid, specially printed in large print.
Until that time, the little reader can enjoy the fascinating stories and colorful pictures of the books posted on our page.
We have prepared for children of preschool age a selection of books by the best children's authors who have earned recognition among many generations of children.
Here you will find simple instructive tales by M. Plyatskovsky and G. Tsyferov, deep lyrical works by G.Kh. Andersen, the fantastic adventure of the heroes of J. Rodari and D. Bisset. nine0003
The little reader will certainly find a fairy tale to his liking, which means he will take the first step into the wonderful world of Literature. Welcome!
Bedtime stories for preschool children
Whatever your baby's age, I'm just sure that no one will refuse a bedtime story. Parents do not even need to get a book, read fairy tales to their child, yawning lazily.
After all, bedtime stories for children can be invented by yourself. Directly "on the spot". Those. you can look around the children's room with your attentive eyes, stop looking at any object or toy and start inventing. nine0003
Try it, you will like this method.
Contents
- What do bedtime stories give a child?
- Which bedtime stories are suitable for a small child?
- The impact of fairy tales on the mental development of the child
- Reality of fairy -tale life
- Kindness has a person
- Senses upbringing
- Each age - their fairy tale
- Recommendations for the choice of authors
- Fingers in the nose
- Hare
- Chocolate track
- Sly sparrow
What do bedtime stories give a child?
First of all, bedtime stories for children have a calming effect. A slow parental tone has a relaxing effect on the child.
In addition, fairy tales have been a source of information about the world around us since ancient times.
Why invent bedtime stories for a child?
Reading fairy tales at a late hour is a wonderful opportunity to be together with your baby. After all, during the day there is not enough time for communication.
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While the child is listening to a fairy tale, he feels himself under reliable parental protection, absorbs the warmth and love of his mother or father.
Bedtime stories for children are good therapy for nightmares. If you read or tell your baby bedtime stories every day, then this has a positive effect on his mental and emotional state.
In the morning the baby gets up easier and is not irritated.
Which bedtime stories are suitable for a small child?
The choice of fairy tale depends on the age of the child. If the baby is not yet three years old, he can be told or read fairy tales of very small content. nine0003
Older children can perceive longer tales. But both those and others should hear only such tales that have a good ending. Then the baby will fall asleep happy and peaceful.
I would not advise at all to acquaint the baby with evil tales filled with various fights and battles. Even if they have a good ending, the depressing content of the tale will somehow be heard and perceived by the child.
Even a small negative grain will settle in the soul of a small fairy tale listener. And this, in my opinion, is very bad for an emerging personality. nine0003
The influence of fairy tales on the mental development of a child
A child enters the magical world of fairy tales at a very early age. Children become interested in fairy tales by the age of two.
If a child lives in a loving and caring family, then he is prepared for this from childhood. First - lullabies, then - ditties, poems and jokes. Listening to them, the baby, like steps, comes to a fairy tale and stays with it for life.
From a children's fairy tale begins his acquaintance with the world of literature, with the world of human relationships and with the world around him in general. You ask: “Why a fairy tale? Isn't it more logical to show children the world as it is, telling them real, instructive stories "from life"? Surprisingly, a fairy tale is just as necessary a stage in the mental development of a child as, say, a game.
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The reality of fairy life
According to psychologists, acquaintance with a fairy tale helps a child to understand the surrounding reality. Any fairy tale is a story about relationships between people. The language of fairy tales is understandable to the child. He still does not know how to think logically, and the fairy tale does not bother the child with serious logical reasoning. The child does not like instructions, and the fairy tale does not teach him directly.
A children's fairy tale offers the child images that are very interesting to him, and vital information is assimilated by itself, imperceptibly. Moreover, by joining the fairy tale, the kid acquires a completely new type of mental activity for himself - the ability to mentally act in imaginary circumstances, and this ability is the basis for any creative activity. Fairy tales for children tell a ready-made fantastic story, but at the same time leave room for the imagination.
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Kindness has a face
Through a fairy tale it is easiest to explain to a child the first and main concepts of morality: what is “good” and what is “bad”.
Fairy tale characters are always either good or bad. This is very important for determining the sympathies of the child, for distinguishing between good and evil. The child identifies with the positive hero. Thus, a fairy tale instills kindness in children.
Moral concepts, brightly represented in the images of heroes, are fixed in real life and relationships with loved ones. After all, if villains in fairy tales are always punished, then the only way to avoid punishment is not to be a villain. As the fairy-tale hero the cat Leopold sang: “If you are kind, then it is always easy, but when it is the other way around, it is difficult.” The concept of good appears in a fairy tale not in the form of laws and rules, but in the form of images of strong and brave heroes, knights, princes, in the form of a kind sorceress or fairy, always ready to help.
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Sense Education
In our time, when prestigious schools and kindergartens have to pass exams, more attention is paid to the development of one area - the intellectual development of the child. Parents very early begin to teach the baby, essentially forcing him to intellectual efforts, for which he is often not ready either physically or mentally.
Whereas for the full-fledged mental development of a preschool child, the most important thing is the nutrition of his emotional sphere, the development of feelings. A children's fairy tale is one of the most accessible means for developing a child's emotions, which has been used by teachers and parents at all times. nine0003
Each age has its own fairy tale
When choosing a children's fairy tale for your kid, be sure to take into account the peculiarities of his mental development. You need to know at what age this fairy tale will be useful to the child. At the age of two, the child has already developed the ability to retain in memory his own actions with objects and the simplest actions of fairy-tale characters.
This is the age when children really like fairy tales about animals.
Children with pleasure, following adults, imitate movements and sounds that seem to be fabulous animals, their actions with various objects. In fairy tales, kids notice and love repetitive plot turns. This technique is well known to us from such children's fairy tales as "Turnip", "Teremok", "Kolobok". nine0003
Such an organization of the "narrator's" speech helps a small child to remember the plot and "get comfortable" in it.
Psychologists note that for a better understanding of a fairy tale, children need to rely not only on the verbal description, but also on the image. The visual image serves as the main support for tracing events. Such supports can be good illustrations in books, or an action played out by parents according to a fairy tale with the help of puppets.
Between the ages of two and five, the child's ability to imagine and fantasize begins to develop. nine0003
In other words, the child's brain is ready for the perception of fairy tales.
However, it is this achievement of the mental development of the child that can cause fears associated with the characters of fairy tales.
Parents need to pay attention to the characters loved and unloved by the child, which will help them in time to identify the psychological problem of the baby, if it exists, and in time to correct his mental development. The perception of a fairy tale should help increase the child's self-confidence, in his future, and not frighten him. nine0003
Between the ages of five and years, children can read any fairy tales, the plot of which is interesting to the child. Of course, this work should develop all aspects of the child's personality: thinking, imagination, emotions, behavior. Now he can come up with something that does not really exist, carried away in his fantasies into the desired reality. From the age of five, the kid should already be able to retell famous fairy tales.
If a child has difficulty retelling a fairy tale, if he forgets the plot of a fairy tale story that has been read to him many times, understands the relationship of characters in a simplified way, or selects words with great difficulty, then this may indicate a delay in the mental development of the child.
You should immediately consult with a psychologist and speech therapist. nine0003
Even if the child has already learned to read, it is not necessary to interrupt the tradition of reading and telling fairy tales aloud. At any time, family readings of fairy tales give a lot to both the little one and the adult, help them to get closer in soul.
It is known that children grow up imperceptibly, that is why a fairy tale told to a child is so important. A simple children's fairy tale contains everything that is most necessary, the most important thing in life, alive, like life itself.
Author's Choice Guidelines
nine0002 When choosing books for their kids, parents often ask themselves the question: what are the best children's authors? There is no single answer to this question.To choose a good book for your child, it is worth remembering what books parents liked at the time when they themselves were children.
However, there are some general recommendations:
- For the little ones (from 6 months old) folk tales and stories in which animals are the main characters are suitable.
These are "Teremok", "Mitten", "Zayushkina's hut", etc. They are quite simple and uncomplicated. Various poems about animals, nursery rhymes and pestles will also come in handy. They will introduce the baby to the parts of the body and to the surrounding objects. nine0065 - Children from 2 years old will enjoy the poems of K. Chukovsky (“The Miracle Tree”, “Fedorino's Woe”, “The Fly-Sokotukha” and others), A. Barto, S. Marshak (“What is good and what is bad ”) and other famous authors.
- At the age of 5, the child will be interested in the fairy tales of G. Kh. Andersen, Pushkin, Ch. Perrault (Tales of Mother Goose).
- A 7-year-old student can read fairy tales of the peoples of the world, as well as such well-known works as "The Wizard of the Emerald City" (A. Volkova), "The Adventures of Dunno" (N. Nosov), "Deniska's Stories" (St. Dragunsky), " Fairy tales about Moomin-control" (T. Jansson), "Three Fat Men" (Yu. Olesha) and others. nine0065
However, despite the large selection of books by famous authors, parents should not go in cycles in classic children's literature.
Many publishing houses (for example, Polyandria) offer moms and dads children's books for kids of different ages. Some of them have received prestigious awards in the field of children's literature.
I'm starting to collect bedtime stories for preschool children.
Fingers in the nose
Once upon a time there was a little fairy named Julie, lovely and charming. But here's the trouble - often, without noticing it, she put her finger in her nose, and this spoiled her very much. nine0003
No matter how many remarks they made to her, nothing helped! As soon as she got bored or distracted, her fingers, as if by themselves, began to move, and nothing could stop them ...
Having got close to the spout, the quickest of them deftly settled inside and did not want to leave it for anything. In the end, the fingers were so spoiled that Julie herself was no longer obeyed!
Taking care of Julie, her godmother often scolded her:
- Julie, stop it! Pull your finger out of your nose immediately! There is nothing for him to do there! If you keep picking your nose, your nose will swell up and grow as big as a pig's snout! nine0003
From these words, Julie jumped up every time, and everyone around immediately turned to look at her and saw that she was again holding her finger in her nose .
.. Julie was very fond of her strict, but in her soul unusually kind godmother and could not stand it when she was scolded, especially in the presence of other fairies.
- Listen, godmother! I'll explain everything to you. The thing is, my fingers are magic! Yes Yes! They move on their own and do what they want, and they don't even ask me!
- Magic fingers? Here's how? The godmother smiled. nine0003
She was a very wise and experienced fairy and immediately figured out how to help her beloved goddaughter get rid of the ugly habit.
-Come on, show me which of your fingers are most often willful and climb up your nose?
-Here are these, godmother! - said the sly Julie, moving her fingers on her right hand and pretending that her hand was moving by itself.
-I figured out what to do! exclaimed the godmother, as if she really had just had a great idea. - We need to occupy your fingers with some very important and interesting business! nine0003
And she handed Julie a brand new magic wand made of the purest rock crystal.
-Ah, godmother, - Julie exclaimed, blushing slightly with pride, - am I really a real fairy now?!
- Well, of course! A real fairy, as you know, does not fit to pick your nose! Come on, kiss me!
Hare - cunning
Once upon a time there was a gray hare. He lived for himself - he did not know trouble. But, once, he met a fox. Well, he thinks everything is gone.
And she, satisfied, licks her lips and says to him affectionately:
- I already thought I would go to bed with an empty belly. She trampled all her paws, she was looking for prey. I didn't meet anyone but you.
But the hare, although frightened by the redhead, was not at a loss. He smiled and joyfully shouted to her:
- Oh, and I, fox, how glad I am! I'm so glad! If you knew, redhead, how tired I am of living! I run, I'm afraid of everything. The branch crunches - and then it shakes with fear. Yes, there’s only one thing that’s bad: I just ate wormwood, and, therefore, I became bitter.
Oh, how bad: I'm not tasty at all! It is unlikely that you will be satisfied with me. So decide for yourself whether you eat me or not. But I don't care! nine0003
And the fox has already lost her appetite.
- Well, - he says, - the fool was delighted! Come on, run fast, drive all bitterness out of yourself. And tomorrow I'll eat you. Too bad I liked you.
She came the next day as early as a hare and did not expect to meet her. She looked under the bush, leads her nose. And the gray one lies - pressed to the ground. His heart skipped a beat in fear.
But again he did not lose his head. What is the strength began to yell:
- Oh-oh-oh! I'm dying! Oh, oh, I'm dying! Lisonka, I just ate a fly agaric. Painfully, I liked him in appearance: red, with white polka dots. I couldn't resist and ate it. Oh, how bad I am! I'm burning and burning from the inside. I feel sorry for you, fox. Eat me and you will lose your life for nothing! nine0003
But the redhead didn't expect this.
And since she did not want to die, she ran away, shouting to the hare in displeasure on the go:
- No, my dear, you're the only one to die! And I'll find myself another hare!
Shouted out and disappeared from view.
Well, gray only needs this. Joyfully, he rubbed his paws and breathed a sigh of relief.
Chocolate track
Three little boys lived in Barletta - three brothers. Somehow they were walking outside the city and suddenly saw some strange road - even, smooth and all brown. nine0003
– What, I wonder, is this road made of? The older brother was surprised.
- I don't know from what, but not from boards, - the middle brother remarked.
“And it doesn’t look like asphalt,” added the younger brother.
They wondered, wondered, and then knelt down and licked the road with their tongues.
And the road, it turns out, was all lined with chocolate bars. Well, the brothers, of course, were not at a loss - they began to regale themselves.
Piece by piece - they did not notice how the evening came. And they all gobble up chocolate. So we ate it all the way! Not a piece of her is left. As if there was no road at all, no chocolate! nine0003
– Where are we now? The older brother was surprised.
- I don't know where, but it's not Bari! the middle brother answered.
"And of course we're not in Moletta," added the younger brother.
The brothers are confused - they don't know what to do. Fortunately, a peasant came out to meet them, returning from the field with his cart.
"Let's take you home," he suggested. And he took the brothers to Barletta, right up to the house.
The brothers began to get out of the cart and suddenly saw that it was all made of biscuits. They rejoiced and, without thinking twice, began to gobble her up on both cheeks. There was nothing left of the cart - no wheels, no shafts. Everyone ate. nine0003
That's how lucky one day three little brothers from Barletta.
No one has ever been so lucky, and who knows if they will ever be.
Sly Sparrow
One day I was sitting on a bench in the shade of an apple tree and looking at drawings in fresh magazines. Grandmother came out of the house and asked:
— Is there a letter from Uncle Mikhail?
“No, grandmother,” I answered. - But as many as five magazines and a whole bunch of newspapers the postman brought.
Grandmother perched beside me. She wiped the glasses in her glasses with the tip of a handkerchief, armed her eyes, took a newspaper and said:0003
— What is going on in the world there?
I liked to watch the old lady when she was reading. her face tensed up, and then even on the forehead and around the eyes deep wrinkles were smoothed out. Grandmother became somehow solemn, inaccessible.
Suddenly we heard from somewhere: “Pee-pee-pee! Pee-pee-pee!”
- What is it? Grandma asked, not taking her eyes off the newspaper.
“I don’t know,” I answered and looked around.
When it's again: “Pee-pee-pee! Pee-pee-pee!" it sounded so pitiful, my grandmother took off her glasses and looked up to where the electric wires hung over the house. nine0003
"Look," she pointed to the wire. And there, lined up in a row, sat young swallows. Already seven.
They sit for themselves, flap their wings, and when they see their father-mother, they open their beaks. And they fly up to them, put their beak to their beak - they feed.
We admired the birds for a long time. Suddenly grandmother to me:
- Take a closer look, your eyes are sighted, isn't it a sparrow nestled among the swallows? That extreme, the seventh? Is that how he shouts: “Pee-pee-pee”?
And indeed, it was a young sparrow. He, like swallows, either flapped his wings, then opened his beak wide, then yelled inconsolably, then rushed towards strange parents. nine0003
But, apparently, the old swallows quickly recognized the intruder, because they kept going around him.
